Delhi to Patna in just 4.5 hours, Agra in 58 mins, Varanasi in 3.5 hours: New bullet train proposed
A newly proposed bullet train corridor connecting major cities in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar may reduce travel time between Delhi and Patna to just 4.5 hours.
Under the project, the journey time between Delhi and Lucknow could also be shortened to just two hours, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told.
Vaishnaw made the comments on August 31 at the inauguration of the newly electrified broad-gauge rail line on the Nepalganj Road-Nanpara-Bahraich section in Uttar Pradesh.
New Bullet Train Corridor Proposed
Vaishnaw said that the corridor would connect major cities such as Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna and Kanpur to the national capital.
Under the project, the 200 km distance between Delhi and Agra would be covered in just 58 minutes. Travel between Delhi and Kanpur Kanpur, a distance 455 km, would take 1 hour 50 minutes. The journey between Delhi and Varanasi would be completed in 3 hours and 33 minutes.
